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For the LORD God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil. <a href="/esv/genesis/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, <a href="/bsb/genesis/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. <a href="/kjv/genesis/2.htm">King James Bible</a> And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/2.htm">New King James Version</a> before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground; <a href="/nasb_/genesis/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now no shrub of the field was yet on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. <a href="/nasb/genesis/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not sent rain upon the earth; and there was no man to cultivate the ground. <a href="/lsb/genesis/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet grown, for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. <a href="/amp/genesis/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> no shrub or plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground, <a href="/csb/genesis/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> no shrub of the field had yet grown on the land, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not made it rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> No shrub of the field had yet grown on the land, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not made it rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground. <a href="/asv/genesis/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth: and there was not a man to till the ground; <a href="/cev/genesis/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> no grass or plants were growing anywhere. God had not yet sent any rain, and there was no one to work the land. <a href="/erv/genesis/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground; <a href="/gwt/genesis/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Wild bushes and plants were not on the earth yet because the LORD God hadn't sent rain on the earth. Also, there was no one to farm the land. <a href="/gnt/genesis/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> there were no plants on the earth and no seeds had sprouted, because he had not sent any rain, and there was no one to cultivate the land; <a href="/isv/genesis/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> no shrubs had yet grown in the meadows of the earth and no vegetation had sprouted, because the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there were no human beings to work the ground. <a href="/msb/genesis/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. <a href="/net/genesis/2.htm">NET Bible</a> Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. <a href="/nheb/genesis/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Now no bush of the field was yet in the land, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted; for God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there were no people to cultivate the ground, <a href="/wbt/genesis/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. <a href="/web/genesis/2.htm">World English Bible</a> No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouts, for YHWH God has not rained on the earth, and there is not a man to serve the ground, <a href="/ylt/genesis/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground, <a href="/slt/genesis/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And every green thing of the field before it shall be in the earth, and every green herb of the field before it will spring up: for Jehovah God rained not upon the earth and not a man to work the earth.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And every plant of the field before it spring up in the earth, and every herb of the ground before it grew: for the Lord God had not rained upon the earth; and there was not a man to till the earth. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> and every sapling of the field, before it would rise up in the land, and every wild plant, before it would germinate. For the Lord God had not brought rain upon the earth, and there was no man to work the land. <a href="/nabre/genesis/2.htm">New American Bible</a> there was no field shrub on earth and no grass of the field had sprouted, for the LORD God had sent no rain upon the earth and there was no man to till the ground, <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the ground;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And all the trees of the field were not yet in the ground, and every herb of the field had not yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And there were no trees of the field yet in the Earth, and no grass of the field had yet grown, because LORD JEHOVAH God had not sent down rain on the Earth, and there was no Adam to work in the soil.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground; <a href="/sep/genesis/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it. <a href="/parallel/genesis/2-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=330" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/2.htm">Man and Woman in the Garden</a> 4This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them. 5<a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵōl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Now</a> <a href="/hebrew/7880.htm" title="7880: śî·aḥ (N-msc) -- A bush, shrub, plant. From siyach; a shoot, i.e. shrubbery.">no shrub</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: haś·śā·ḏeh (Art:: N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">of the field</a> <a href="/hebrew/2962.htm" title="2962: ṭe·rem (Adv) -- From an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend; properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before.">had yet</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">appeared</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ḇā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">on the earth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">nor had any</a> <a href="/hebrew/6212.htm" title="6212: ‘ê·śeḇ (N-msc) -- Herb, herbage. From an unused root meaning to glisten; grass.">plant</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: haś·śā·ḏeh (Art:: N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">of the field</a> <a href="/hebrew/2962.htm" title="2962: ṭe·rem (Adv) -- From an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend; properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6779.htm" title="6779: yiṣ·māḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To sprout, spring up. A primitive root; to sprout.">sprouted;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">had not yet</a> <a href="/hebrew/4305.htm" title="4305: him·ṭîr (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To rain. A primitive root; to rain.">sent rain</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’a·yin (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">and there was no</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: wə·’ā·ḏām (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">man</a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: la·‘ă·ḇōḏ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">to cultivate</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">the ground.</a> 6But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10-11</a> For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, / so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it. <a href="/psalms/104-14.htm">Psalm 104:14</a> He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: <a href="/job/38-26.htm">Job 38:26-28</a> to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives, / to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass? / Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew? <a href="/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7</a> For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God. <a href="/james/5-7.htm">James 5:7</a> Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains. <a href="/isaiah/30-23.htm">Isaiah 30:23</a> Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures. <a href="/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Jeremiah 14:22</a> Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-14.htm">Deuteronomy 11:14</a> then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil. <a href="/acts/14-17.htm">Acts 14:17</a> Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” <a href="/matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a> that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. <a href="/1_corinthians/3-6.htm">1 Corinthians 3:6-7</a> I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. / So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. <a href="/zechariah/10-1.htm">Zechariah 10:1</a> Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field. <a href="/hosea/6-3.htm">Hosea 6:3</a> So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth. <a href="/joel/2-23.htm">Joel 2:23</a> Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. <a href="/ezekiel/34-26.htm">Ezekiel 34:26</a> I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.plant.<a href="/genesis/1-12.htm">Genesis 1:12</a> And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.<a href="/psalms/104-14.htm">Psalm 104:14</a> He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;had not.<a href="/job/5-10.htm">Job 5:10</a> Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:<a href="/job/38-26.htm">Job 38:26-28</a> To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; … <a href="/psalms/65-9.htm">Psalm 65:9-11</a> Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it… to till.<a href="/genesis/3-23.htm">Genesis 3:23</a> Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.<a href="/genesis/4-2.htm">Genesis 4:2,12</a> And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/19-11.htm">Appeared</a> <a href="/revelation/9-9.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-10.htm">Cultivate</a> <a href="/genesis/2-4.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">Field</a> <a href="/genesis/1-12.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/revelation/18-15.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/genesis/1-30.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/2-4.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/genesis/1-30.htm">Herb</a> <a href="/genesis/1-30.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/genesis/1-12.htm">Plants</a> <a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-6.htm">Shrub</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-4.htm">Sprouted</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-14.htm">Sprung</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/8-5.htm">Appeared</a> <a href="/genesis/2-21.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/genesis/2-15.htm">Cultivate</a> <a href="/genesis/2-6.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/2-19.htm">Field</a> <a href="/genesis/24-25.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/genesis/10-8.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/genesis/2-6.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/genesis/3-18.htm">Herb</a> <a href="/genesis/9-3.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/genesis/3-18.htm">Plants</a> <a href="/genesis/7-4.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/job/30-4.htm">Shrub</a> <a href="/genesis/41-6.htm">Sprouted</a> <a href="/genesis/41-6.htm">Sprung</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 2</div>1. <a href="/genesis/2-1.htm">The first Sabbath.</a> 4. <a href="/genesis/2-4.htm">Further details concerning the manner of creation.</a> 8. <a href="/genesis/2-8.htm">The planting of the garden of Eden, and its situation;</a> 15. <a href="/genesis/2-15.htm">man is placed in it; and the tree of knowledge forbidden.</a> 18. <a href="/genesis/2-18.htm">The animals are named by Adam.</a> 21. <a href="/genesis/2-21.htm">The making of woman, and the institution of marriage.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth This phrase indicates a time before the full development of plant life as we know it. The "shrub of the field" suggests uncultivated plants, possibly those that would later require human cultivation. This points to a pre-cultivation state of the earth, emphasizing the order and intentionality in God's creation process. It reflects a world in its initial stages, awaiting further divine action and human involvement.nor had any plant of the field sprouted The absence of sprouted plants suggests a world not yet ready for agriculture. This highlights the dependency of plant life on certain conditions, such as rain and human cultivation, which are yet to be introduced. It underscores the idea that creation was a process, with each step building upon the previous one, and that God’s creation was purposeful and orderly.for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth This phrase introduces the concept of divine provision and control over natural processes. The absence of rain signifies that God had not yet initiated the hydrological cycle necessary for plant growth. It suggests a unique environment, possibly a mist or dew-based watering system, as described later in <a href="/genesis/2-6.htm">Genesis 2:6</a>. This emphasizes God's sovereignty over creation and His role as the provider.and there was no man to cultivate the ground The absence of man indicates that humanity had not yet been created to fulfill its role as caretaker of the earth. This highlights the intended partnership between God and humans in the stewardship of creation. It points to the unique role of humans in God's plan, as they are to work the ground and manage the resources provided by God. This sets the stage for the creation of Adam and the establishment of human responsibility in <a href="/genesis/2-15.htm">Genesis 2:15</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The LORD God</a> The Creator, who is sovereign over all creation. In this verse, He is depicted as the one who controls the natural processes of the earth. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a> The setting of the creation account, where God is preparing the environment for human habitation. 3. <a href="/topical/s/shrub_of_the_field.htm">Shrub of the Field</a> Represents the vegetation that had not yet appeared, indicating a world in preparation. 4. <a href="/topical/r/rain.htm">Rain</a> A natural process that God had not yet initiated, showing His control over the environment. 5. <a href="/topical/m/man.htm">Man</a> Refers to humanity, which had not yet been created to cultivate the ground, highlighting the intended role of humans in God's creation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_creation.htm">God's Sovereignty in Creation</a> God is in control of all natural processes, and His timing is perfect. We can trust His plan and timing in our lives. <a href="/topical/h/human_responsibility.htm">Human Responsibility</a> Humanity is given the role of cultivating and stewarding the earth. This calls us to be responsible caretakers of God's creation. <a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a> Just as the earth depended on God for rain, we must depend on Him for our needs and sustenance. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_and_purpose.htm">Preparation and Purpose</a> God prepares the environment before creating humanity, showing that He has a purpose and plan for each of us. <a href="/topical/i/interconnectedness_of_creation.htm">Interconnectedness of Creation</a> The creation account shows the interconnectedness of all things, reminding us of our place within God's creation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 2</a> <a href="/q/did_it_rain_before_the_flood.htm">Was there rain before the biblical Flood?</a> <a href="/q/plants_before_or_after_humans.htm">Were plants created before or after humans? (Genesis 1:11-13, 26-27 vs. Genesis 2:5-7)</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_canopy_theory.htm">What is the Canopy Theory?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_adamic_covenant.htm">What is the Adamic Covenant?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5)And every plant . . . --The Authorised Version follows the LXX. in so translating this as to make it simply mean that God created vegetation. The more correct rendering is, "There was no shrub of the field (no wild shrub) as yet on the earth, and no herb of the field had as yet sprung up." The purpose of the writer is to prepare for the planting of the paradise, though geology teaches us the literal truth of his words. When the earth was so hot that water existed only in the form of vapour, there could be no vegetation. Rain began on the second day; on the third the vapours were so largely condensed as for the waters to form seas; and on the same day vegetation began to clothe the cool, dry surface of the ground. To understand these opening words, we must bear in mind that the object of the narrative is not now the formation of the world, but man's relation to Jehovah, and thus the long stages of creation appear but as one day's work.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - And every plant of the field before it was (literally, not yet) in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew (literally, had not yet sprouted). Following the LXX., the English Version suggests an intention on the writer's part to emphasize the fact that the vegetation of the globe - here comprehended under the general terms, shiah, shrub, and eseb, herb - was not a natural production, but, equally with the great earth and heavens, was the creation of Jehovah Elohim - a rendering which has the sanction of Taylor Lewis; whereas the writer's object clearly is to depict the appearance of the earth at the time when the man-ward development of the heavens and the earth began. Then not a single plant was in the ground, not a green blade was visible. The land, newly sprung from the waters, was one desolate region of bleak, bare lava-hills and extensive mud-fiats. Up to that point the absence of vegetation is accounted for by the circumstance that the presently existing atmospheric conditions of the globe had not then been established, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and the ordinary agricultural operations on which its production was afterwards to depend had not then been begun, and there was not a man to till the ground. <a href="/commentaries/genesis/2-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Now וְכֹ֣ל ׀ (wə·ḵōl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every [no] shrub שִׂ֣יחַ (śî·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7880.htm">Strong's 7880: </a> A bush, shrub, plant of the field הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה (haś·śā·ḏeh) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> Field, land had yet טֶ֚רֶם (ṭe·rem) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> Non-occurrence, not yet, before appeared יִֽהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be on the earth, בָאָ֔רֶץ (ḇā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land nor had any וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every plant עֵ֥שֶׂב (‘ê·śeḇ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6212.htm">Strong's 6212: </a> Herb, herbage of the field הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה (haś·śā·ḏeh) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> Field, land sprouted; יִצְמָ֑ח (yiṣ·māḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6779.htm">Strong's 6779: </a> To sprout, spring up for כִּי֩ (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the LORD יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel God אֱלֹהִים֙ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative had not [yet] לֹ֨א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no sent rain הִמְטִ֜יר (him·ṭîr) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4305.htm">Strong's 4305: </a> To rain upon עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the earth, הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land and [there was] no אַ֔יִן (’a·yin) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle man וְאָדָ֣ם (wə·’ā·ḏām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> Ruddy, a human being to cultivate לַֽעֲבֹ֖ד (la·‘ă·ḇōḏ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> To work, to serve, till, enslave the ground. הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃ (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> Ground, land <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/2-5.htm">Genesis 2:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/2-5.htm">Genesis 2:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/2-5.htm">Genesis 2:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/2-5.htm">Genesis 2:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/2-5.htm">Genesis 2:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/2-5.htm">Genesis 2:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/2-5.htm">Genesis 2:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/2-5.htm">Genesis 2:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/2-5.htm">Genesis 2:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/2-5.htm">Genesis 2:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/2-5.htm">OT Law: Genesis 2:5 No plant of the field was yet (Gen. 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